According the Greenberg, the difference was that Tavares has only two full NHL seasons with no playoff appearances and is lacking in a few team-related stats as well as a nebulous “clutch performance” stat of Greenberg's own devising. ….. what almost every single team has done in hockey history, and that is to have at least one, if not even two, enforcers. I need not post here all the great players who had tough guys on the bench to protect them. It is hockey history. …

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